This thesis examines the off-court spaces of adolescent basketball literature. In most sports literature, the spotlight is placed on the field of play, whether it be a football field, a baseball diamond, or a basketball court. However, I take the spo...

Philip Pullman, an outspoken critic of Christianity, has frequently voiced his desire to
overturn the core elements of the Fall; to break it down, tear it apart, and allow for a new vision
of the old story. In his trilogy consisting of three novels...

In a series of novels by Louise Rennison, beginning with Angus, Thongs and Full-frontal Snogging, female protagonist Georgia Nicolson tries on various articles of clothing like thongs and bras and applies makeup like “lippy” and mascara, in an attemp...